Creating an AWS Free Tier Account

Why do we need an account#

An AWS free tier account is essential if you want to test your theory and gain that hands-on experience. It’s also the best way to really understand how to work out the answer to a question. Thus, it is highly recommended that you create an AWS free tier account.

You will need a credit card and a mobile phone number. Some people might be worried about bills, but with the AWS free tier account, you actually get quite a lot for free. For most of the services throughout this course, you can stick to the free tier and not pay anything. However, if you accidentally leave something running or provision a service that isn’t within the free tier or one that just exceeds the limits somehow, you will be billed. So it is essential that you clean up resources that are no longer being used.

We will set up a billing alarm that will notify you if you’re set to exceed a certain amount on your bill.

Let’s get started and create our free tier account!

The steps#

The slides below will guide you through the steps of creating your free tier account.

Go to Google and just type in AWS free tier and you're going to see the very first link here.

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You can click on "Create a Free Account", but first, just scroll down and have a look at some information.

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It's always worth having a look and seeing what you can get. You can also use the filter on the left hand side.

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Once we scroll back up again and choose "create a free tier account", we will be presented with this screen. Once you have filled out your information, you can just choose "Continue".

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You need to choose the account type, in most cases you're going to use personal. You can also hover over the information icon to learn more.

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Fill out your contact information and once you're done, click "Create Account and Continue".

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You'll need a credit or a debit card. Put in your details and click on "Secure Submit".

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You're now asked to confirm your identity. Fill in the required information to proceed.

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You should then receive a verification code and you just need to type that into the box.

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It should now say that your identity has been verified successfully. Click "Continue".

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You then get asked to select a support plan and there are free options here. The basic plan is free for what we're going to be doing in this course, the free plan is just fine.

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They let us know that they're activating the account which might take a few minutes. Till then, check your e-mail to see if you've received the confirmation.

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Head back to the AWS website and we should now be able to sign into our account. For now, you have to choose "Sign in using root account credentials".

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You'll then be asked to supply the email address that you just signed up with.

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You can then choose next and put in the password.

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That's it! You should now be logged into the AWS management console with your new AWS free tier account.

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Why do we need an account#

The steps#

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